2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumA Masterstroke By Barack Obama
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/8/3/1556188/-A-Masterstroke-By-Barack-Obama?detail=email&link_id=3&can_id=a669183db7994fba72d4ab49be4423cd&source=email-trump-appeals-to-house-and-senate-republicans-to-back-him-up-on-smearing-us-soldiers-family&email_referrer=trump-appeals-to-house-and-senate-republicans-to-back-him-up-on-smearing-us-soldiers-family&email_subject=trump-appeals-to-house-and-senate-republicans-to-back-him-up-on-smearing-us-soldiers-familyA Masterstroke By Barack Obama
By wtpvideo
Wednesday Aug 03, 2016 · 9:21 AM EST
For almost eight years the Republicans have made it a point of pride to defy, denigrate and demean President Obama. Almost everything President Obama says or does will become a point of conflict for Republicans.
Well that intransigence is about to come with a very steep price.
From the Washington Post.
Obama punctuated his remarks, delivered at a Tuesday morning news conference, by explaining that he had never before felt compelled to so thoroughly denounce a political opponent.
At this point, even if Republicans would like to un-endorse Trump, they cant. Because Obama said they should! He has just tied Trump around the necks of every Republican. They cant un-endorse because their tea-party base will go ballistic and not support traitorous Republicans in this years elections. But everyday they continue to try to lay low and hope the storm passes, they become tied that much closer to Trump.
I think John Podhoretz (yes John Podhoretz) says it best.
The troll has been out-trolled.
I dont say this out of admiration for Barack Obama as a policymaker or as a serious-minded public servant but as a partisan political operative. I am a conservative who despises what Obama has done as president.
But even a Yankees fan must grudgingly acknowledge the skill of Big Papi when he crushes a homer against your team.
The moral arc of the universe does indeed bend towards justice.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)I can't take him seriously after that.
BumRushDaShow
(130,423 posts)from the "taint" of acknowledging a masterful play by the one who gave them the shovel for this-->
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)jcgoldie
(11,674 posts)I told my wife, he just fucked them. He didn't do it to bring down Trump, Trump is doing that all on his own. Obama is smart enough to know when to shut up and let your opponent self destruct. He did it to tie the Donald Trump anchor around their necks because he knew none of those obstructing bastards could get free of sinking Donald after the black President prescribed it. Nice work Mr. President!
Ace Rothstein
(3,203 posts)mopinko
(70,446 posts)a green pork chop.
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